Facebook has no competitors

When Mark Zuckerberg was asked to name his biggest rival, he had no answers.

Paying for Facebook

Zuckerberg didn’t rule out a paid version of the social media site. He said it would be worth thinking about.

Artificial intelligence

Zuckerberg sees a lot of potential in the development of artificial intelligence. improve Facebook’s content moderation efforts, but it remains unproven.

Senators not social media savvy

US Congress failed to understand how Facebook operates. They asked basic questions about how it works rather than probing Zuckerberg, according to some commentators.

Privacy problem? What privacy problem?

He believes Facebook’s privacy policy is effective. He said: “Long privacy policies are very confusing. And if you make it long and spell out all the detail, then you’re probably going to reduce the per cent of people who read it and make it accessible to them.”

Cambridge Analytica fallout

On Cambridge Analytica, he said: “We could have in theory banned them then. We made a mistake by not doing so

What price data?

On storing and selling personal data, he said: “We store data ... some of that content with people’s permission.”

“There’s a very common misconception that we sell data to advertisers. We do not sell data to advertisers.”

Bonfire of the regulations

Zuckerberg does not like regulations: “My position is not that there should be no regulation.

“I think the real question, as the internet becomes more important in people’s lives, is what is the right regulation, not whether there should be or not.”

Russia Today

On Russia, he commented: “One of my greatest regrets in running the company is that we were slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016.”

One fact Mark Zuckerberg DIDN'T want you to know

The 5ft 7in billionaire needed a four-inch booster cushion to give him a boost in height.